Annual walk spreads message of kindness

Still time to register for Walk for HOPE

The annual Walk For HOPE begins at 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 1. This year, walkers can either join in the walk across the bridge or take part in their own walk at a location of their choosing on the same day. There is still time to register for the event.

Community invited to Walk for HOPE

The annual walk across the Long Bridge on Sunday, Sept. 3, aims to promote suicide awareness, hope and healing, organizers said. This year, there will be both in-person and virtual events for the walk, which begins at 5 p.m.

Walking for HOPE — and for others

Hold on. Pain ends. The message is as simple — and as powerful — as that, organizers of the Walk for HOPE said of their reasons for the eighth annual event. The annual walk across the Long Bridge — this year set for Sunday, Sept. 3 — highlights suicide awareness, hope, and healing. This year, there will be both in-person and virtual events for the walk.

Walk spreads a message of HOPE

Tucked inside the bright blue wristband is a lifeline. Printed on the outside is the message: Hold on, pain ends. Inside, the crisis text line for the Mental Health Center of America is embossed inside the wristband. The wristbands were handed out to the several hundred participants who walked across the Long Bridge on Sunday to raise awareness about suicide prevention and to raise money for Underground Kindness to fund speakers and programs at local schools.